Mobile Dockers going really high tech - anti-radiation

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=26544&amp;app=1">http://just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=26544&amp;app=1</a><br /><br />Worried that carrying all of those devices in your Mobile Dockers may, uhm, hinder your ability to perpetuate your family line? Well, worry no longer. Levi Strauss, the maker of Dockers, is introducing a new version. Call it Mobile Dockers 2.0. <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" /><br /><br />"The company's new S-Fit trousers, which form part of its Dockers range due to be released in the UK next year, feature pockets lined with "anti-radiation" materials to shield users from phone radiation. The pants will reportedly cost at least £100 and also feature a high-tech fabric innovation called the Clean Fabric System that repels all liquids to protect the trousers from accidental spillages."<br /><br />Thanks to Daniel Brahms for the link.

[MobiliT]

And this new technology does what for airport security? 8)

Um, excuse me sir. Are those Mobile Dockers 2.0 you're wearing? Would you mind dropping your pants prior to entering the screening checkpoint. Thank you for your cooperation. Next please.

[Sven Johannsen]

Hope they come in colors that coordinate with my Scott eVest :)

[Foo Fighter]

Gives new meaning to the phrase "hot pants". :onfire:

[JonnoB]

Dockers mobile pants are already heavy... I can imaging this only makes them heavier or thicker. Does the anti-radiation do anything to interfere with a wireless PAN?

[rubberdemon]

They will make a great place to store any Russian mushrooms or fruit you might happen to have.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/international/europe/12MOSC.html

[Master O'Mayhem]

Hope they come in colors that coordinate with my Scott eVest :)


you will then be dressed as an Uber-Dork. :)

[Jeff Rutledge]

And this new technology does what for airport security? 8)

Um, excuse me sir. Are those Mobile Dockers 2.0 you're wearing? Would you mind dropping your pants prior to entering the screening checkpoint. Thank you for your cooperation. Next please.

That's hilarious. I travel quite a bit and have twice been randomly selected for the at-the-gate screening. They pat down the legs, had me remove my shoes, etc. The scary thing is that your joke isn't entirely implausible. I think I'll wait a little while to see what other's say before I become a pants-less guinea pig. 8O

[karen]

And this new technology does what for airport security? 8)

Um, excuse me sir. Are those Mobile Dockers 2.0 you're wearing? Would you mind dropping your pants prior to entering the screening checkpoint. Thank you for your cooperation. Next please.

No joke: I had an airport screener ask me to unbutton my blouse because my underwired bra was setting off the hand wand. I kept saying "I think it's my bra" but he'd never heard of a wired bra - to him, it meant it was wired for something, not just good support. He kept insisting that I unbutton for him to look and I kept insisting that I wouldn't do that right in the middle of the security check. Finally, he sent for his supervisor who just happened to be a female. She wanded me and laughed, explaining what underwired meant. He kept shaking his head and I left while they were arguing.

I have also been asked to lift up a long skirt for the wanding, which really isn't that bad, just embarassing. At BWI I was allowed to choose the gender of the person doing the pat down. I thought that was pretty cool. I told the wander that I wanted to see what they looked like before I chose [g].

One time in a really rural area a young guy going through my purse started saying "Oh my God, Ohhhh..myyyy...Gawwwwd". I thought maybe he had found something awful that someone has stashed in my carry on while I was distracted. A supervisor came over to see what was wrong and just started laughing. He pulled out about six flat, small square brightly coloured shiny packets out of my purse and grinned. He said "Going to have a fun weekend"? Puzzled, I looked at what they had. They were my indiviually packaged round tea bags which they thought were condoms. Looking at them, I could see why they might look like packages of Trojans. Then I laughed at the fact that these two yokels thought that someone carrying around protection was something funny or odd.

Somehow, I have a really bad reputation in Pennsylvania...

K

[Ed Hansberry]

I have also been asked to lift up a long skirt for the wanding, which really isn't that bad, just embarassing.
Harumph! :x I don't lift up my skirt for anyone! 8O

[MobiliT]

I had an airport screener ask me to unbutton my blouse because my underwired bra was setting off the hand wand.

I have also been asked to lift up a long skirt for the wanding, which really isn't that bad, just embarassing.

He pulled out about six flat, small square brightly coloured shiny packets out of my purse and grinned. They were my indiviually packaged round tea bags which they thought were condoms. Looking at them, I could see why they might look like packages of Trojans.

Somehow, I have a really bad reputation in Pennsylvania...
Can you say-- too much info? :lol: Sounds incriminating!
Seriously though, you may be suffering unfairly for reasons that have nothing to do with safety or airport security.

I've given up and simply leave e-vests, gadget attire and/or bags at home when traveling through airports. Cell phone, Pocket PC, and digital camera at the very max.

[st63z]

Nooo! I just bought five Mobile Pants a couple of weeks ago! Got the Dockers "Recode" Mobile Pants (green label instead of blue). When I'd asked Levi they said the Recode is a newer version with better stitching, otherwise same pocket style -- so would this already be Mobile Pant 2.0? I'd also asked when they will have a Mobile Pant with the Stain Defender (Dupont Teflon stain repellent coating good for 30 washings), they said check back with them next spring, for now only their Go Khaki is available with Stain Defender. Incidentally, I wonder why they're calling it Clean Fabric System in the UK... Also, the news article didn't explicitly say that these S-Fit pants will have the Mobile Pant-type hidden pockets?

FWIW, the Recode does seem to have less frays in the end stitchings than the original. But I've been somewhat underwhelmed, there are only 3 hidden pockets, and they're not that big to begin with (unlike my cargo pants) -- just try slipping a sleeved iPAQ and close the zipper. Plus these pants don't have the fit and finish of most of my other pants (though they certainly cost enough).

[Bob S]

Since I work at a Nuclear Power Plant, These might serve a dual purpose

HMM :wink:

[st63z]

Incidentally, that Stain Defender commercial rocks, I hope it shows up in more pieces of clothing. Besides beading up liquid spills though, does it repel dirt, grime, dust, etc?

Teflon, gotta love it.. Pots & pans, the bulletproof vest (I think), even got it coated on my car (though some say it's a gimmick) :)

[MobiliT]

Well, the Dockers product is starting to generate some press, for better or for worse...
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1441785